Edit, edit, edit! 📸💻 Before & After of Boiled Milk & Chocolate Cake When photographing food, post-production editing is fundamental! As part of a freelance project for the company Universal Yums, they sent me a box of their Russian inspired treats, this Boiled Milk & Chocolate Cake being one of them. Although the raw photo came out pretty decently, it needed to be elevated to make this cake treat even more enticing. With a handful of simple edits made in @photoshop and @lightroom, this dessert went from being off the rack to a haute couture runway! If you are in or around the Lehigh Valley of PA and you are looking to showcase your food and/or products in a new light, I am taking on new photography projects! Shoot me a DM and let's collaborate! . . . Captured w/ @canonusa EOS 80D . . . #LaBeardedLady #universalyums #russianfood #russianfoods #boiledmilk #chocolate #chocolatecake #chocolatesnack #chocolatedessert #transformationtuesday #transformationtuesdays #transformation #tuesday #foodphotography #foodphotographer #foodphotographyandstyling #foodstylist #foodstyling #foodie #foodporn #adobephotoshop #photoshop #adobelightroom #lightroom #adobecreativecloud #foodie #foodporn #collaborate #collab #collaboration @adobe @adobecreativecloud (at Easton, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfWZuczuJ9X/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Ukraine says it has gained ground from Russia in Zaporizhzhia
Ukraine is claiming that it has gained ground from Russia in the southern Zaporizhzhia region as fierce fighting continues there and in the eastern Donetsk region.
“Ukrainian Defense forces continue the defense operation in the Bakhmut direction. Our soldiers are advancing, the enemy is losing ground on the flanks,” Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander of the Ukrainian Land Forces, said Tuesday.
Ukrainian officials also claimed advances towards the direction of Berdiansk over the past day.
“The area taken under control amounted to three square kilometers,” (1.5 square miles) Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Kovalov said Tuesday.
Ukrainian officials say Russia is "in no hurry" to rescue people from floods as dozens remain missing
Water levels are gradually receding after the Nova Kakhovka dam collapse caused flooding across the southern Kherson region, but some settlements are still under water, according to Ukrainian officials.
Up to 42 people are still missing after the dam collapsed eight days ago, and 10 are now known to have died on the Ukrainian-controlled side, the head of Kherson region military administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, said Tuesday.
Russia currently controls the east bank of Dnipro River near the dam site, but the number of dead in those areas is unclear.
“As of this morning, the average level of flooding is 2.7 meters (8.9 feet), which is 27 centimetres (10.6 inches) less than last night,” Prokudin said in a statement posted to Telegram.
On the Ukrainian-held west bank of the Dnipro River, 3,600 houses in 31 settlements remain flooded, but over the past day, water has receded from 200 houses.
Ukrainian rescue workers have managed to rescue 2,757 people from the flooded settlements, including “263 children and 77 people with limited mobility,” Prokudin said.
The Russian-occupied east bank, however, “remains extremely critical,” with 17 settlements still flooded, added Prokudin.
"Russia is in no hurry to rescue people from any of them, who are in mortal danger because of them. We are doing everything we can to save our people from there," he said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has blamed Moscow for the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam and said Russia should bear “criminal liability” for “ecocide.”
Russia launched 14 cruise missiles at Ukraine overnight, Ukrainian military says
More Russian attacks: Elsewhere, Russian shelling hit Ukraine's northeastern Sumy and Kharkiv regions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a statement.
In the southern Zaporizhzhia region, three bombs hit the town of Orikhiv, killing one civilian and destroying homes, it added.
Russian military bloggers claimed Monday that Ukrainian efforts to advance south of Orikhiv have been resisted and geolocated video appears to show Ukrainian armor losses in this area.
Aprovechando un inusual y anhelado encuentro, visitamos "Souvenir", un restaurante ruso que ofrece comida casera, y que anteriormente me habían recomendado. Degusté el pollo a la Kiev, un filete de pechuga deshuesado, enrollado, empanizado, frito, y relleno de mantequilla de ajo y algunas especias, acompañado de puré de patatas y una suave salsa de champiñones. El ambiente es muy agradable, con numerosos y variados detalles decorativos típicos de la cultura rusa. La atención fue buena pero ciertamente podría ser mejor aún. ... Taking advantage of an unusual and long-awaited encounter, we visited "Souvenir", a Russian restaurant that offers home-cooked food, and which had previously been recommended to me. I tasted the chicken kyiv, a boneless breast fillet, rolled, breaded, fried, and stuffed with garlic butter and some spices, accompanied by mashed potatoes and a mild mushroom sauce. The atmosphere is very pleasant, with numerous and varied decorative details typical of Russian culture. Service was good but could certainly be better. ... #almuerzo #lunch #comida #food #instafood #igfood #igerfood #comidarusa #russianfood #gastronomiarusa #russiangastronomy #restaurantesouvenir #restaurantesouvenirbcn #carrervalencia #barcelona #bcn #ciudadcondal #cataluña #catalunya #españa #spain (en Restaurante Ruso Souvenir) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChFVNY2LupF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Beef Stroganoff is one of the most popular Russian specialties. Beef Stroganoff is a dish of diced beef and thick sauce with mushrooms or tomatoes. Beef Stroganoff itself has a savory, salty, spicy and slightly sour taste. The sour taste is obtained from the use of a typical Russian sauce, namely smetana. The processing is beef that has been prepared sauteed with smetana sauce, paprika, onions, and oregano powder. You need to know that stroganoff can not only be cooked with beef, but if there is no beef, we can also use chicken and mushrooms.
Ingredients:
Beef tenderloin — 580 grams
Chicken thigh — 400 grams
Carrots — 240 grams
Beetroot — 370 grams
Water — 2 liters
Dill — 30 grams
Bay leaf — 3 pieces
Basil — 10 grams
Salt and black pepper to taste
Garlic — 4 cloves
Thyme — pinch
Description: Borsch is a traditional soup of Russian cuisine. The soup has a red color, this shade is given by beetroot. The soup also includes onions, carrots, garlic, dill, beef and sometimes chicken. Beef is cooked for a long time, so that it breaks down into fibers. Vegetables are rubbed on a coarse grater and pre-fried in a frying pan, separately from each other. This is a comfort food for the Russian cold winter. The soup is served with thinly sliced of pork loin. It is customary to eat borscht hot with mustard spread on black bread and a piece of loin on top. They also sometimes use a couple of shots of vodka.